FOR P'IVA VOCE DRILL
Note. — This Appendix gives the primary and ordinary meanings of words, and therefore does not in every case supply the best word to be used in the translation of the text.
Some words and phrases are intentionally inserted several tinies.
It is suggested that the phrases should be said in différent persons and tenses, to insure variety and practice.
AU nouns to be given with the definlte or indefiiiite article to show the gender. Abbrcviation. — sg. = ' something.'
Page WORDS WORDS PHRASES
1 Christmas a wolf-hunt a pond
2 the birch-tree the hoar frost the border, edge
{pf a wood)
3 to beconie faint,
vanish to fall back, re-
treat aporcelainstove
4 thepublic-house the fiddler
a stable coat, shabby coat
5 the beaver the\ock{o//iair) curled
6 the apparatus a pastime lukewarm
the shroud
the vault the fir-tree the flake to draw (in a
cart), carry
along the sledge a stick of chalk the lid to make up one's
mind te
to scrape tremulous,
quavering the boatman to witlier the grief, worry
ten degrees of frost
not a breath of air
snow instead of sand
a triangular field
to disappear in the distance
the cold was affecting our eyes
a sly trap [ainbusli)
not to require much pressing
a brass tobacco-box
the problem the mixture raean, shabby
to take a turn round the village
the eut of his beard
to rough-hewsg. with a hatchet
the house where I was expected
at supper to talk of onething and another in his youth's décline to dévote one's self to the
study of sg.
a fîerce reactionary a downright republican
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7 drunkcnness
to lodge, entcr-
tain an extortioner
8 amazed to burst
to measuie [by the cil)
9 to appear on
the surface the partner [at play or dancing)
10 to congeal crushing
to subject, subdue
11 fish vegetables herbs
13 the pedlar
the trade, business
Etrange, itinérant
14 a misdeed
the pantry, servants' hall to be agreed
15 the entrance-
hall, lobby covetousncss the handker-
chief
16 a Sunday in
Lent rather late
17 the miscrcant
a judicial in-
quiry the public prosecutor IS whitewashcd
WORDS
notorious
the carelessness
heartrending
a ruler {histnnn to distrust, be-
ware the giant una]3proachablc a germ a bud a leaf
to laugh at . .
to defy soinc
onc a v\reck, wreck-
age sour creani mustard the sounding-
lead ; probe a sea-gull a Bohemian,
gipsy a good-for-no-
thing fellow a pedlar underhand, sly hootings
to watch
gunpowder
a bait ; priming ;
(percussion)
cap a scjuall the barn to shelter the harc to be dismissed the hut to release sonio
one
ugly liniited, dull
PHRASES
to be on excellent ternis with
sonie one to be ready to do sg.
to be in high spirits to perforni a duty cheerfully methinks that . .
never niind
judging by the features of
thoir faces to take it into one's hetid to do
sgthat is ail I know through forests to obey nature this thoory is as good as an-
other
. . and ^\•hat not ?
this wretchcd lot of people
to reproach some one with
doing sg.
four tinies a year with a sniilc on his face to cast spells
to look askance at sonie one a silver spoon and fork were
missing (impers) an habituai drunkard to tunible sg. about, rumniage
about in sg.
to knit one's brow without losing sight of him
it is waste of tinie to do it to refuse sg. in a pereniptory
tone of voice what will become of him ?
to set fire to a house to be on bad ternis with some
one to slip into the rooni
the hall was crowded
Words and Phrases
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WORDS
PHRASES
the hamlct
the clerk of the
not to liston to what some one
the dock (in the
court
says
law-courts)
the hands of the timepiece
the mi lier
the stravv
to be bespattered with mud
a cartload
to enlist
to prétend not to know that . .
to allège
information
a witness for the defence
the big-wigs
the lawsuit
it is impossible to get to the
the audience
distant
bottom of it
(people)
to be on the
to work one's self to death
the examination
way
to pay no attention to sg.
(ûf 2vitriesscs)
a shipwrecked
the anguish
to cling to a foolish hope
man
the burden
to shake some one's conviction
the court of
the vicissitude,
something extraordinary hap-
justice
catastrophe
pened
a sudden change
the crowd
to strangle.
to look in their direction
to pile up
choke
to résume the hearing of the
a shudder
the floor
case
the pendulum
to return after a moment
{of a dock)
the distress
to wink, blink
at the back of the hall
to stir, budge
the assembly.
to scratch one's head
the fold
congrégation
between the two rows of
the corner,
benches
angle
the sinner
the enclosure
to hâve to deal with a lunatic
a murmur
misérable, puny
to remove every doubt
awkwardly
a pot of tar
to form a part of sg.
to turn away
the lie
for want of sufticient évidence
from . .
the trigger ; re-
without giving up the hope
guilty
lief
of . .
the suspicion
the oath
the mine
outside {adv)
to lose sight of some one
the confession,
the congratula-
to rebuild a house
owning-up
tion
to return home for the summer
to take some
to pass by [of
holidays
one away
time)
[ladder
the priest
the recruit
to be killed by falling from a
the loss
to suspect
to be very much afraid of some
to dread
to weigh
to take pity on some one [one
the jail-book
the service
to make fun of some one
the step, en-
the verse {of the
properly drawn-up documents
deavour
bible)
it will never be known
a basket
injurions, insult-
the fiddler
ing to disappear
to do the work very badly
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WORDS
PHRASES
the coat, hood
to scrape, strum
the principle of division of
the law
the violin
labour to bring some one some warm water
the siège
a sorry fortress,
to hâve a mind to do sg.
a feat of arms
hut
to be forced to beat a retreat
an épisode
without his
to shed one's blood
to go back
knowledge
talkative, loqua-
the reverse, de-
to call out the reserves
cious
feat
to show little eagerness to
the victim
to distrust
on the other hand
do sg.
the slope
to slay
a heap of ruins and ashes
the knoU
to plunder
to repel an assault
the table-
the cattle
to be knocked up
cloth
the pail, bucket
a shclf
to scour the approaches to a
a can, mess-tub
a small plate,
place
the(open)wound
slab
you will hâve to corne down a
the oven, fur-
peg
nace
to peruse a pamphlet
a gang {o/
a quarter of a
to dig a grave
■workmen )
pound
to make a trench
the fatigue-duly
to cook {tr)
from to-morrow onward
to exhaust
the rubbish, ruins
to bury, entomb
to fail
to stop sg. at the very outset
to be successful
a spoonful
at the rate of one pound a head
to gather
the trial, hard-
ship leaning against. .
for want of water
unforeseen
whatever may happen
to delay
a loophole
what has become of him ?
the cunning
a cellar
the first two {ideas)
a flagstone
apparently
\ve had been fasting since day-
a pair of pigeons
to run against sg.
break
the recess
bruised
to slip into a building to lie in ambush
to brighten
a shell {mil)
the success of this plan
victuals
to throw down
a pile of thick planks
corn (wAeai)
{/wad over
to be near one's destination
the yard {build-
hccls)
the crash
the buckler,
the flash {of
to fall back hastily {mit)
shield
lightniyig)
in the course of time
the htter,
nauseous
to get off with a week in bed
stretcher
to dccay
to loiter about
VVords and Phrases
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40 the bearer of a
flag of truce disdainful the level
41 the anguish the beacoii,
watch-light the despair
42 the reed the tube to moan
43 the calm, com-
posure to be hanged on to kick about
44 to stick up(a;5z7/) the guiding flag the standard
46 an individual to get a peep
of sg.
the crusader
47 the greenhouse the wild cherry-
tree to graft
48 laughable, silly the faith, behef the nothing,
nirvana to go astray
49 to consent to . .
the career
to lean over . .
the sheepfold
50 the benefactor a cupboard,
wardrobe fright, anxiety
51 the application chemistry
to oust, turn out the examiner
WORDS
the left wing to evacuate the territory
the cowardice to inquire
about . .
the brain to conjure, en-
treat a dream the shame a presentiment to fall back (mil) the look -out
(ma//)
to choke, stifle the mien, look the postern on the whole unconscious unexpected
greengages
the sap
to talk nonsense
prématuré, forward
to perfect, complète
a pocket-hand-
kerchief wearing-apparel,
traps
contradictory the refusai to agrée in
( + verâ) to go beyond, ex-
ceed the origin, source
PHRASES
to sit down on the ground
the opening of the siège
to urge some one to give up a
hopeless struggle to observe silence every one vi'as struggling in-
wardly with his arm in a sling to draw sg. out of one's pocket the roar of thunder in the twinkling of an eye
go {2//CI sing) and be hanged !
to be near the end of one's troubles
to follow the vicissitudes of the struggle
to hoist a flag
to draw up in order of parade
to realise sg.
to be unlike some one
from themoralist's point ofview
to give a glimpse of one aspect of sg.
you were good enough to admire it
to be covered with thorns and bitter berries
ail at once
leaving alone rare exceptions
for want of sg. better
to plunge into it headlong
[sg.
to put it into one's head to do
to daim urgently one's admission to sg.
from morning till night
a penniless man
now that you know ail about it . .
a bundle of papers
no one knew exactly . .
to do one's best
to give some one to understand that . .
to take sg. seriously
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52 the pride the vanguard precarioiis
53 the outset the legacy,
bequest our elders
54 above every-
thing to burden, en-
cumber the sinécure
55 the quarrel the chestnut a feeder, bib
56 to assist one
another private lessons with great diffi-
culty
57 a square yard the kitchen sumptuous
58 exhausted
to be getting
near . .
the goal
59 to retreat, draw a puzzle [back the dream
60 drowsy, sleepy the brutishness the sledge
61 chest com-
plaints the suffering to en\y some
one
62 to make a col-
lection Tment the discouragethe stupidity
63 the disorder
to spare
the supervision
a remedy
formerly, long
ago on the sly the fever
motherly
relations the permit,
leave, pass the duty an apron a hair-net an interval to insert, put in to scare some
one the préjudice
to sicken, disgust
to fall ill
to get over it
the recruit without faltering the library
the task gigantic contemporary a workman the hooting the practice,
customers to be in ecstasy
over sg. the right to lie heavy
on . .
to call upon,
appeal to . .
the Danube to take part in the slaughter
PHRASES
to knock at the door
to submit to sacrifices and
humiliations [history
to mark an era in the national sufficient to the day is the evil
thereof to get ready for the struggle to admit some one by a side
entrance to look anxiouslyforward to sg.
to be on fairly good ternis with
some one what do they niean by that ?
nobody cares for this costume to dress as one pleases to resign one's self to sg.
to be a burden to some one at ridiculous priées on the look-out for sg.
[us in people feel reluctant to take to distrust some one to finish by doing as most of the
others to give concerts for the benefit
of some one [two days
to hâve been fasting for the last to club together to come to bis to acquire knowledge [help to reach the end of it ail has to be changed in it no sentimental whining to go ahead to undergo the final examina-
tions to reach one's goal to earn one's daily bread to be short of doctors
the most deserving of us poisoned by prussic acid the game is not worth the
candie to take free scope
Words and Phrases
Page WORDS
to depict, describe
a burnt-offering 64 a long file
the cart
the moaning
the nightmare 05 tired, weary
empty phrases
a wheel
66 to assert the murder the suicide
67 to hide thesensitiveness the outward
appearance
68 an épidémie to rage
among . .
to be used to it
69 the revenge
a State of mind
a brute
the remedy
a vice
a prescription
the quack
71 to bark [worn worried, careto fly away
72 free of charge the site, locality in spring
73 to pile up the household since then
74 a worn-out hack a rag [home the hearth,
75 to do without togetready to. .
a little room
76 a parish a foal
WORDS
to unchain nowhere
the crushing, destruction a charnel-house
to teach the need to annihilate plucky, brave foolishness a lot, prize the attempt punctual a beam (wood)
to knock against to swell, puff an eel
to put an end
to . .
to refuse to . .
the relief, solace a bait, lure a fairy-tale
[bird) a wing [of a the grandson a bee-hive a rascal a braggart the harvest
to overflow
a handful
to furrow
the victim
the frock, smock
in tatters
a lad
hmping, lame
the bee-house
a water spaniel
the absolution
PHRASES
we Iiave altered our opinion of them a good deal
to do sg. blindly
the enterprise is a failure
this prodigious effort has proved
a failure to strain one's nerves terribly to wake up with a start to beagreed in recognising that..
to be ready to do sg.
the instinct of self-preservation to be carried off by typhus to make vain efforts to . .
to attend to one's duties as usual one's leisure hours
[to say that is just what I expected you nineteen times out of twenty to pass unnoticed as sg. quite
normal andlikewisethough morerarely we ail suffer more or less from it to sell ointments in the streets
when it is a question of the soûl they must hâve had enough of tea and whist [wish
to be as successful as one could a year had gone by to welcome some one in the midst of his fallow land the fabulous total of their gain the coast of the Black Sea at the rate of nine acres a head to shake one's head [forehand my arguments were defeated beto find the traces of the fugitives that goes without saying to apply to some one to get to ask for alms [information to wipe away one's tears to be shaken before use to inquire about some one he is donc for to go and find the clergy the sexton got angry
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77 to start again,
reply the host to deafen
78 a pond to dig
a clearing
79 a convent the property the power
80 to border on . .
the domain toriseagainst. .
81 a full purse the boundary the axis
82 truthful
the eye-witness the knell
83 to pour out holy vvater the people
présent
84 the kneehng
crowd to bind
WORDS
to whip the whiteness the cross the silence
the fold
the brick
the monastery
the doubt the principle the century
the revolt the bargain the luxury a groove an inquiry the scandai the wax-taper the verger a jug, pitcher the lower world the psalter the misdeed
[fession the trade, proto swing the liquor the throat
PHRASES
to try to hide one's émotion the responses of the psalm the black cope of the priest to vanish on the horizon
[aspens a thicket of reeds, willows and at the end of the marsh the remains of an embattled
enclosure [Alexander I.
in the reign of the Emperor to treat a district as a con-
quered country [me
the accounts which hâve scared regular scoundrels [rights
to undertake to set some one to to hâve orders to let no one again and again [pass
to put a stop to sg.
to hâve much influence to read the service not to grow tired of doing sg.
they were beside themselves to shower insults upon some
one to jump back pale with fright most fell on their knees to waste one's pains to bafïle some one's power to die for good
